Sitting at the vanguard of New Orleans’ Drum Legacy is Joe Dyson. Joe, herald as one of the top drummers on the music scene can be heard with Multi-GRAMMY winning artists Pat Metheny and Side Eye Trio, multi-instrumental artist Nicholas Payton; and NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison. Dyson

Jerome Jennings is a drummer, activist, bandleader, sideman, and Emmy Award winning composer. His debut recording ‘The Beast’ is a reflection of the every day joys and traumas of black life in the U.S. It was named one of the top three Jazz releases by NPR, received a four star

Anton Kot, drummer, pianist, gamelan player and composer, premiered his first commission, the piano concerto, Let’s Try This, with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra at age 18. Other works of his have been premiered at the Berkshire, Litchfield, and Bronx River Jazz Festivals, and the Ravinia Music Festival. He is

Drums Ian Carroll was born in New York City in 1986 to an artist family mere blocks away from the West Village’s most prestigious jazz clubs. Perhaps this foretold what was to come, as he would end up studying the Jazz drum set at Purchase College with John Riley, Kenny

Flexible, subtle drummer Matt Wilson gained a strong reputation with his debut recording as a leader, a 1996 set for Palmetto that prominently features tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. Wilson started playing drums in grade school; he studied at Wichita State University and spent time in the Midwest, both as a